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The Jaguar C-XF (or Concept-XF) was a
concept car A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology. They are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or ...
that was designed to showcase the preliminary styling cues of the yet to be announced
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. The C-XF was unveiled in the 2007 North American International Auto Show with the production version of the XF announced in the Autumn of 2007 at the
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. The C-XF project was led by Jaguar Director of Design
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and Head of Advanced Design Julian Thomson. It featured a 4.2-litre supercharged V8 engine, a 6-speed automatic transmission with Jaguar Sequential Shift, single slim-wedged headlamps which have evolved from the twin-lamp motif seen on past Jaguars, performance-themed interior, JaguarDrive Selector, Dual View screen, and a
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audio system. A prototype with a body styling that was based on the S-Type had also been built, but was rejected before the C-XF concept was finalised.


External links


C-XF page at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust


References

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